Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2785 (C. 123)
Police
The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008
Made
24th October 2008
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by sections 49(3) and 53(1) of the Police and Justice Act 2006( 1 ).
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 10) Order 2008.
Commencement
2. Section 45 (attendance by accused at certain preliminary or sentencing hearings) to the extent not already in force and section 46 (live link bail) of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 14 November 2008 in the local justice areas( 2 ) of:
(i) in London: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden and Islington, City of London, City of Westminster, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich and Lewisham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea, Haringey, Harrow Gore, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston-upon-Thames, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond-upon-Thames, Sutton, Waltham Forest, and Wandsworth; and
(ii) in Kent: Central Kent, East Kent and North Kent.
3. The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 14 November 2008—
(a) section 52 in so far as it relates to the provisions in sub-paragraph (b); and
(b) paragraphs 50 and 51 of Schedule 14 (minor and consequential amendments).
Vernon Coaker
Minister of State
Home Office
24th October 2008
The local justice areas into which England and Wales is divided are specified in the Local Justice Areas Order 2005 ( S.I. 2005/554 ).